org.semanticweb.owlapi.change

Class AxiomChangeData

java.lang.Object

org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeData

org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.AxiomChangeData

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, HasSignature

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddAxiomData, RemoveAxiomData

public abstract class AxiomChangeData
extends OWLOntologyChangeData

Represent the common non-ontology data required by instances of OWLAxiomChange.

Author:

Matthew Horridge, Stanford University, Bio-Medical Informatics Research Group, Date: 27/04/2012

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AxiomChangeData(OWLAxiom axiom) Constructs an AxiomChangeData object that describes a change involving the specified axiom.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OWLAxiom	getAxiom() Gets the OWLAxiom that is associated with this change data.
Set<OWLEntity>	getSignature() Gets the (possibly empty) signature of this change data.

Methods inherited from class org.semanticweb.owlapi.change.OWLOntologyChangeData

accept, createOntologyChange

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AxiomChangeData

public AxiomChangeData(OWLAxiom axiom)

Constructs an AxiomChangeData object that describes a change involving the specified axiom.

Parameters:

axiom - The OWLAxiom involved in a change.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if axiom is null.

Method Detail

getAxiom

public OWLAxiom getAxiom()

Gets the OWLAxiom that is associated with this change data.

Returns:

The OWLAxiom. Not null.

getSignature

public Set<OWLEntity> getSignature()

Description copied from class: OWLOntologyChangeData

Gets the (possibly empty) signature of this change data.

Specified by:

getSignature in interface HasSignature

Specified by:

getSignature in class OWLOntologyChangeData

Returns:

A set of OWLEntity objects that represent the signature of this change data. Not null.